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Chrome Extension Manifest V3 May Break uBlock Origin Content Blocker

The Google Chrome development team is working on making some changes to the Chrome Extensions platform that would end the functionality of ad-blockers like uBlock Origin and uMatrix, if implemented as defined in the current draft document. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chrome-extension-manifest-v3-may-break-ublock-origin-content-blocker/
DHS Issues Emergency Directive to Prevent DNS Hijacking Attacks

The Department of Homeland Security has issued an emergency directive that requires all U.S. agencies that operate a .gov domain or agency-managed domain to audit their DNS records and servers to verify that they are resolving to the right IP addresses. They further require them harden the security related to DNS accounts. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dhs-issues-emergency-directive-to-prevent-dns-hijacking-attacks/
Voicemail Phishing Campaign Tricks You Into Verifying Password

A new phishing campaign is underway that utilizes EML attachments that pretend to be a received voicemail and prompts you to login to retrieve it. This campaign also uses a clever tactic of tricking you into entering your password twice in order to confirm that you are providing the correct account credentials. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/voicemail-phishing-campaign-tricks-you-into-verifying-password/
Researchers Create Algorithm to Protect Kids from Disturbing YouTube Videos

A team of researchers has developed a high accuracy deep learning-based classifier designed to detect YouTube videos with disturbing content for kids. This was done after finding that the current recommendation algorithm used by the platform to suggest related content is quite lacking. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/researchers-create-algorithm-to-protect-kids-from-disturbing-youtube-videos/
Facebook Will Preemptively Close Pages of Owners Who Previously Broke Rules

Facebook announced improvements to their Page content quality features to make sure that content shared on its platform found to break its Community Standards does not escape the counter-measures put in place to prevent distribution. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/facebook-will-preemptively-close-pages-of-owners-who-previously-broke-rules/
Running Sysmon 8.0.0? Update to 8.0.4 to Avoid a Memory Leak

A memory leak exists in recent version of the Sysmon utility that could cause a computer to run out of memory and crash if they routinely update its configuration file through a scheduled task or some other manner.  [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/running-sysmon-800-update-to-804-to-avoid-a-memory-leak/
Beware of Exit Map Spam Pushing GandCrab v5.1 Ransomware

A new malspam campaign pretending to be the current emergency exit map for the recipient's building is being used to install the GandCrab Ransomware. These spam emails contain malicious Word documents that download and install the infection from a remote computer. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/beware-of-exit-map-spam-pushing-gandcrab-v51-ransomware/
GDPR Compliance Lowers Data Breach Frequency and Impact Says Report

Companies that follow the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) experience extra benefits such as lower frequency and effect of data breaches, as well as fewer records being impacted in the attacks, shorter downtimes and lower overall costs [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gdpr-compliance-lowers-data-breach-frequency-and-impact-says-report/
Microsoft Adds OneDrive Cloud File Sharing to Skype

Microsoft's Skype communication software now comes with support for seamless file sharing of files stored on the OneDrive cloud platform via a dedicated extension which provides faster and simpler file distribution and team collaboration. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-adds-onedrive-cloud-file-sharing-to-skype/
Google Now Publicly Lists Sites Using Chrome Platform Features

Google collects anonymous usage statistics for UseCounter tracked features built into Chrome to see how often they are being used. Google is now also showing the list of web sites that are utilizing these types of features in order to let Chromium developers see how they are being used. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-now-publicly-lists-sites-using-chrome-platform-features/
New Ursnif Malware Campaign Uses Fileless Infection to Avoid Detection

A new malware campaign distributing the Ursnif banking Trojan using PowerShell to achieve fileless persistence to hide from anti-malware solutions was detected by Cisco's Advanced Malware Protection Exploit Prevention engine [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-ursnif-malware-campaign-uses-fileless-infection-to-avoid-detection/
Drive-By-Download Protection Coming to Google Chrome

Google is in the process of adding support for blocking drive-by downloads originating from website iframes, one of the techniques preferred by attackers behind malvertising campaigns to drop malware payloads on vulnerable machines [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/drive-by-download-protection-coming-to-google-chrome/
Microsof Office 365 Now Available in the Mac App Store

Microsoft Office 365 was launched today on Apple's Mac App Store allowing macOS users to download and install Microsoft's Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and OneNote apps on their Macs, and offering the option to purchase a subscription from within the applications. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsof-office-365-now-available-in-the-mac-app-store/
Windows 10 Insider Build 18323 Released With Light Theme Improvements

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18323 (19H1) to insiders in the Fast ring. This build brings an updated Raw Image Extension, improvements to the Light Theme, and notifications to enable Tamper Protection in Windows Security. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-insider-build-18323-released-with-light-theme-improvements/